Siyat Dragons are extremely smart and have an excellent memory. They are very quick and will often dive through the air making chirps and calls for attention if they feel ignored. Siyat dragons are herbivores and need to eat a lot to make up for all the energy they use with their excitable nature. Groups of Siyat Dragons have a hierarchical structure based on the color of their markings. It is thought that the social status of a dragon is determined by its incubation period—in addition to having different coloration, dragons allowed more time to develop are considered wiser and of higher status.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Burakumin is a dragon with a lot of friends... Perhaps "allies" is a better term than "friends". It is said that he is a lot smarter than he looks, since one does not become a lord of the Bricolage Shale trade and amass a hall of riches without some cunning. Other dragons—even higher-ranking siyats—try to avoid speaking to him fearing they will upset him greatly. He's not very emotive, so when people do talk to him, they don't know how he feels about what they said until they're alone one night and a couple of dragons of the large and bulky persuasion inform them, "Burakumin is disappointed with you. It was something you said". There's the occasional whisper that perhaps it is not nice to order the execution of someone for saying the wrong thing, but then again, people know that Burakumin doesn't have the greatest social skills, and he's not expected to be the brightest bulb in the bed.